Curse

theclam · Jun 20, 2005, 04:47 PM // 16:47

(I am not sure if this is the right forum for posting this in so bear with me)

When doing the Gates of Kryta mission (and other stuff there) I would always get oink to follow me, as he is an invincible blocker, that does damage. But recently, I heard from someone that Oink screws up the item drops.

Is this true?

SnyperP · Jun 20, 2005, 05:24 PM // 17:24

Keep an eye out, maybe sometimes you get a blank drop off of monsters or chests open but nothing comes out. If that's the case and you have no henchmen, oink is eating more than he's letting on.

drowningfish999 · Jun 20, 2005, 05:41 PM // 17:41

I wouldn't be surprised if Oink did take some drops, as to help eliminate people taking him further than he's supposed to go (the town).

ZigZag Rollmeister · Jun 20, 2005, 06:07 PM // 18:07

I doubt he screws up drops....even if he does, it's never been to any noticable degree.

Anyway, you need oink for the bonus, so bring him. Loot at the part of the game isnt worth fussing about.

JoDiamonds · Jun 20, 2005, 07:00 PM // 19:00

I thought the Lightning Drakes in that area were considered good farming?

arnansnow · Jun 20, 2005, 07:02 PM // 19:02

It isn't really worth it to farm them anymore, it takes too long to get to them and only the first time I did it, did I get any good items.

GoblinBoy · Jun 20, 2005, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Seriously, what does a pig need anything for in the first place?

I'm sure there is plenty of mudd bogs in the jungle for him to lay in.

salatious · Jun 20, 2005, 07:56 PM // 19:56

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Originally Posted by arnansnow

It isn't really worth it to farm them anymore, it takes too long to get to them and only the first time I did it, did I get any good items.

too long? there not far at all.. and to answer your question. NO ! oink does nto take any loot. i solo this area with him and every kills produces a loot drop for me to pick up..

the Lightning Drakes might not be right there were you spawn but the amount of them in there location and what they drop is well worth the short travel to get to them.

GoblinBoy · Jun 21, 2005, 01:09 PM // 13:09

The quality of the drop depends on your level and the monsters level. The first tme you run an area the drops will be much better, cause your level is closer to theirs. As you progress in exp. the drop quality will get less and less. I would be worth while to go back and do a few times before you start to level higher

JoDiamonds · Jun 21, 2005, 03:18 PM // 15:18

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As you progress in exp. the drop quality will get less and less

Is it a Known Fact that drops get worse as you reach higher levels? I'd never heard that before.

That's weird.

GoblinBoy · Jun 22, 2005, 02:37 PM // 14:37

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Originally Posted by JoDiamonds

Is it a Known Fact that drops get worse as you reach higher levels? I'd never heard that before.

That's weird.

If you were to run the same area over and over, only. If you were to run the Drakes over and over as your level got further away from theirs the drops will be come less and less and of lower quality.
The Quality of the drop depends on the monster level vs. your level. As you play the game the monster levels gets higher and so does your's, so the drops remain generally the same. The quality of the drop also factors in the difficulty of the monster. Regular monsters will drop typically a +/-1 level item on their drop, i.e. a level 5 monster may drop a level 4, 5, or 6 item. The more difficult the monster the better the drop will get, bosses and monsters of greater difficulty have a chance to drop an item that is +4-5 level's above their's. Resulting in a purple or gold drop, or an item with mods.

GW Monkey · Jun 22, 2005, 04:02 PM // 16:02

How many people have seen Oink spout "Rurik speak" ? He becomes Prince Rurik. It's probably the same hench script, and sometimes it really is Rurik but in his well-known piggie form. And when it goes this bugged, Oink is unusable... you walk him up to the kid and it doesn't trigger.

JoDiamonds · Jun 22, 2005, 08:04 PM // 20:04

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The Quality of the drop depends on the monster level vs. your level. As you play the game the monster levels gets higher and so does your's, so the drops remain generally the same. The quality of the drop also factors in the difficulty of the monster. Regular monsters will drop typically a +/-1 level item on their drop, i.e. a level 5 monster may drop a level 4, 5, or 6 item. The more difficult the monster the better the drop will get, bosses and monsters of greater difficulty have a chance to drop an item that is +4-5 level's above their's. Resulting in a purple or gold drop, or an item with mods.

Anyone have another source with this same information? It's pretty obvious that higher level monsters give higher quality drops, but I've only seen on this thread that higher level players receive lower quality drops.

(It's not that I don't believe it's true or anything, I'm just very curious about this...)

mylilpony · Jun 23, 2005, 07:46 AM // 07:46

can you charm oink? :|

Vorkronor · Jun 23, 2005, 08:05 AM // 08:05

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Originally Posted by JoDiamonds

I thought the Lightning Drakes in that area were considered good farming?

From what I heard and experienced, the Drakes have been bolstered and the drop rate lowered, so it's not that good to farm there.

Anyway, progressing the game is the best farming method

GoblinBoy · Jun 23, 2005, 12:41 PM // 12:41

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Originally Posted by mylilpony

can you charm oink? :|

No

He is part of the quest and cannot be tamed. Would be nice tho.

GoblinBoy · Jun 23, 2005, 12:50 PM // 12:50

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Originally Posted by GW Monkey

How many people have seen Oink spout "Rurik speak" ?

Yeah I seen him talk also. Kinda the same as Joe when you have to feed him the juniper meats? click, click . It's just creepy hearing the scorpion talk to ya